My dad had the cure for ADHD. His leather strap. Work liked a charm. Had his four kids straightened out in no time. I look back now and thank him for that.
My parents were divorced when I was very young.
The court “awarded” me to my mother.
I had no real father figure till the end of the third grade.
I had been kicked out of so many public schools( for fighting), my mom was looking to put me in a private military school, no public schools would let me in.
She decided to divorce my step father and dumped me on my biological father and his new family. He didn’t use a leather strap. But I settled down, my option was to move back in to the emotional hell my mom was to live with.
I didn’t want to do that.
She used to beat me all the time and I’d just laugh at her
so I had my share of physical punishment aside from the emotional crap.
Boys need Dads!